Alleghany High School - Trojan Yearbook (Sparta, NC)

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Movie star Lash LaRue (fourth from left) and crew take a break during the filming of Alien Outlaw (alxive left). The election of James Martin marked the change of control in the gubernatorial position (above). Coca Cola and Coca Cola Classic — out with the new and in with the old (left). Representative Steve Neal speaks to the public during one of his visits to Alleghany County. 15

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1982-1986: A PURSUIT IN NOSTALGIA M A S H airs final episode . . . AHS says goodbye to Mrs. Minnie Lou “Granny” Irwin . . . Motion Picture Alien Outlaw is filmed in Alleghany county . . . Baseball field dedicated as Bill Jarrett Field . . . Rock musical stars join together to fight hunger and poverty . . . Coke gets new taste, brings back old taste, end comes to New Coke, Coca-Cola Classic is here to stay . . . LA Olympics successful without the presence of many commu- nist countries . . . After seven-year lapse, football team returns to state playoffs . . . Baseball team places 3rd in state in ’84, 7th in state in ’85 . . . JROTC program comes to Alleghany High . . . Country music stars raise millions for farmers . . . Ghostbusters is biggest movie of 1984 . . . Girls’ tennis team places players in sectionals for three years . . . Artificial heart recipient Barney Clark makes medical history . . . The break up of Van Halen and Police . . . Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, cocaine . . . Senior English students visit New York City . . . Spanish students fly to Mexico . . . Summer European trip for several faculty members and students . . . Softball team travels to State Playoffs . . . Varsity Cheerleaders place in District Finals at UCA Camp . . . Band begins enter- ing competitions . . . N.C. State wins National Championship in basketball . . . Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb’s record . . . Titanic is found . . . “Buckle Up” — it’s the law . . . Reagan reelected . . . Wrestlers qualify for state tournament every year placing 10th in State in ’83 . . . TWA Flight 847 passengers held host- age in Beirut . . . Class of ’85 moves graduation to Sparta Auditorium . . . Hunt defeated by Helms in bid for Senate seat. . . Bruce Springsteen on World Wide Tour . . . Drinking age 18, 19, 21 . . . Miss America Vanessa Williams loses crown . . . National debt still growing . . . The Nation mourns the loss of the Challenger’s astronauts . . . January fire destroys five businesses in Sparta . . . Class ol ’86 bids farewell to AHS. After forty years of teaching, Mrs. Irwin receives a congratulatory hug from Mr. Taylor (top). Alleghany’s number one fan Bernice Thomas becomes an honorary member of the A Club (bottom). During this time, renovation on the Statue of Miss North Carolina 1984-85 Francesca Adler Liberty was begun. visited Sparta twice during her reign. It

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What percentage of the seniors plan to go to the oeach after graduation? cP O § H H B co CP Ph The Class of 86 chose what saying for their class motto? On a survey made of the senior class, what aspect of A11S will the seniors miss most next year?